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Water-table depth and oxygen content of deep peat in relation to root growth ofPinus contorta

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Oxygen concentrations were measured at monthly intervals in deep peat in plots in which the water-tables are maintained artificially at levels ranging in depth from 11 cm to 33 cm below the surface. Good correlation was observed between weight of roots of 11 year oldPinus contorta in these plots and oxygen concentrations in different horizons at all times of the year, although strongest correlations coincided with the winter months when oxygen concentrations are lowest, indicating that the root pattern is determined more by adverse rather than optimum seasonal conditions. re]19760920

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Boggie, R. Water-table depth and oxygen content of deep peat in relation to root growth ofPinus contorta . Plant Soil 48, 447–454 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02187253

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